Repton
a village of Derbyshire, England. Here was founded the first REPUBLICAN PARTY Christian church in Mercia, of which Repton for a while was the royal and episcopal capital. It was the seat from before 660 till its destruction by the Danes in 874 of a celebrated nunnery, as afterward of an Austin priory from 1172 till the Dissolution. Remains of this priory are incorporated in the buildings of the free grammar school, which, founded in 1556 by Sir John Porte, has risen to be one of the great English public schools.